It was years back when I was helping my neighbor and a group of Latinas her age, including herself with making afew Rap Music Videos for a High School project that involved using beats of popular secular artists and rappers/singers of the time (I think early 2010's, I was in my 20's) and making like cover/remix songs about words like Alliteration or Hyperbole, basically literary devices or figures of speech used in like an English, Literature, Writing, or Grammar class, when I stumbled upon the Christian Rappers Three J and Puntin. I think I was doing online searches for Christian Rap artists that I already knew of like Harmony Hi-See. I was on YouTube and Spotify while I was upstairs in the house, where the girls were doing a majority of the videos. It was when there was down time and I guess they were practicing their lines or something.
Upon hearing Three J and Puntin songs and albums (I was looking into both artists as well as others, basically featured artists), I got some of their music on iTunes because I love buying the music to support the artist, and so that the songs are saved permanently to my library. I remember liking that they had that H-Town and Texas style. I was thinking the same thing I was always thinking when I discovered new Christian Rap "How is this not more popular? It needs to be!".
Side Tangent: I had already began my mission since around 2008/2009 (after I graduated High School) to discover Christian Rap and to share it to my peers in hopes that it may become popular, or at least more known about. After years of sharing Christian Rap, I really have no way of knowing what my influence has been to help CHH (Christian Hip Hop) and Christian Rap to gain new fans/followers. I hope I have been more of a help than a hinderance. The reason I say that, is because I'm a white guy, kinda quirky, so while I try to promote something like Christian Rap, I feel like I may just might make it look weird or something and reinforce the whole "Christian Rap Is Corny" stigma. But I guess it just depends on who you talk to. I may have brought some positive awareness to the genre and to the fact Christian Rap exists, regardless of whether I look the part or not. Maybe some say "Look at that goofball.", others might say "I gotta check this stuff out, it actually sounds good.". And thanks to Lecrae, Andy Mineo, NF, Hulvey, and Forrest Frank, plus several other Christian artists that have had themself (or their creative works) break into the mainstream spotlight, Christian Rap has become more known, accepted, and part of many more families. Maybe not all households everywhere. There's some people who still wouldn't know who Lecrae is if you asked them. But that's a hit or miss. And just because something is famous or popular, doesn't mean absolutely everyone knows who they are. So Christian Rap has made it in my opinion, or at least got through the door to just get started in getting even further. We had a whole group of Christian Rappers get on Sway's Universe! DJ Mykael V, DJ Wade O, and others.
Back to the blog about Three J who is now Luke Nyne:
I'm not sure what to even say, except I love Luke Nyne new song "No Other Way". And then another one that has been out, but he's been promoting recently, it's called "Born Ready".
Check out the Amazon Affiliate links, I make a commission if you buy the singles:
Looking back at Luke Nyne, back when he was called Three J, I loved that he had the Third Coast, Southern, Texas, H-Town style. I was wanting to find more Christian Rap that had Screwed Up Click style since it's popular in Houston Texas, or in Texas in general, Houston Texas rap people like the slow down, chop and screw sounds. So I liked songs like Da South ft Puntin. I like the Walk On Water song ft Harmony Hi-See, he basically sounds like Bone Thugs And Harmony with the fast rap but like T-Pain with the autotune. I loved his melodic singing vocals. I wish Harmony Hi-See still did Christian Rap. Three J's Thrice Album was probably my favorite. But I loved singles from his prior albums.
Here's a list of my favorite Three J songs: (I'll put links, probably Amazon Affiliate one's too)
Walk On Water ft Harmony Hi-See
Changin' Tha Game ft Chalie Boy
Give God Glory ft. Puntin, Beezy, & B.U.G.
This Fly (Remix) ft Lil Johnny & Adam Paul
Here's some videos of Three J and Luke Nyne:
